diff --git a/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/websocket-connection.ts b/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/websocket-connection.ts
index 085fa6136..ef412140e 100644
--- a/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/websocket-connection.ts
+++ b/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/websocket-connection.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class WebsocketConnection extends WebsocketTransporter {
   private bindYDocEvents(doc: Doc): void {
     doc.on('destroy', () => this.disconnect())
     doc.on('update', (update: Uint8Array, origin: unknown) => {
-      if (origin !== this && this.isSynced()) {
+      if (origin !== this && this.isSynced() && this.isWebSocketOpen()) {
         this.send(encodeDocumentUpdateMessage(update))
       }
     })